A Thread for Gracious Messages to All the Patti Haters- Page 3
A Thread for Gracious Messages to All the Patti Haters
#50patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/30/08 at 3:07pmclearly, patti has her supporters. it's ridiculous to say she's not talented. i'm not saying she shouldn't have this role, but pete's sake, at some point someone is going to have to convince her to retire. for the good of broadway. clearly she and her fans have used a scorched earth campaign to get her this productions, but at what cost? friends at each others' throats. a general lack of any attempt at civility in discourse about her show. and worst of all, she has probably poisoned the role for any future rose. she's had a good run, but really, it's becoming like a movie that has gone on about a half an hour too long. if she refuses, then discussions will have to be had among theatre owners and producers about how to protect not just this show, but broadway as a whole.
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pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#51patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/30/08 at 3:24pm
And Miss P...your 6-year-old is WAY more mature than I am. We've all known that for quite some time now.
#52patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/30/08 at 3:42pm
I'm very happy for everyone involved in this production of GYPSY. I only wish good things for them...but it's already known that Miss LuPone isn't my "cup of tea."
I just think it's stupid that people who voice their opinions get bashed when the people who do the bashing have said things equally as annoying or critical.
Yes...I hate Patti LuPone, but I don't wish bad things for her career or for the production of GYPSY. She's just not my favorite performer...by far.
But if you do love her then more power to you!
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
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#53patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/30/08 at 3:48pm
Dear PalJoey,
I wear that shirt with PRIDE!
Sincerely, Movie.
PS - Jay, I agree! The 3/22 matinee of 'Gypsy' makes me feel like i'm a theatre aficionado! (I was two rows in front of you, btw)
"The nice thing about the rain is that it always stops... eventually."
- Eeyore
- Eeyore
#54patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/30/08 at 3:53pm
but it's already known that Miss LuPone isn't my "cup of tea."
Then shut up and go away.
Ooops! SORRY, Miss P--tell your 6-year-old I did it AGAIN!
#55patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/30/08 at 3:56pm
I love you! Miss Pennywise! 
Yay! Miss Patti Rules!
J*
Updated On: 3/30/08 at 03:56 PM
A Director
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/07
#56patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 12:59am
I am the person who posts as A Director and I do not use any other name. Yes, it is nice that Gypsy got good reviews which means the show will run for awhile. On the other hand, I'm turned off by the over hyping of this production. IMO, 'the role she was born to play" is over the top, but then over the top is the guiding light of this production. Yes, belting is all the rage these days, but I prefer more variety. Yes, Ms. LuPone has talent, but I don't see her as the "second coming." IMO, Arthur Laurents is a ****. For years, he has gone on record with his dislike of Ethel Merman as Rose. He needs to be reminded that without her, there wouldn't be a show called Gypsy. I am not a big Merman fan and it was years before I bought the original cast recording of the show. It seems that in recent years, Laurents has started dismissing Jerome Robbins' contributions to West Side Story and Gypsy. It appears that before he dies, Laurents is out to prove that his productions of both shows will be definitive. Laurents wrote a number of plays, but only one, The Time of the Cuckoo, is performed any more. In the end, Laurents will be remembered for his books for West Side Story and Gypsy.
BTW, paljoey and jaystarr, some day, you might mature into interesting people.
#58patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 5:54pm
Once again, let it be know that I am NOT the person who posts here as A DIRECTOR.
A DIRECTOR just posted his thoughts and I disagree with some of them. I feel that Lupone is a one note performer. She is Evita.
A great Evita. But to me, she's always Evita. Right now, she makes a great Eva Peron playing Mama Rose. I also feel that Mr. Laurents is far to old to be able to direct ANYTHING.
GYPSY is my favorite musical, make no mistake about that.
I just dont feel,IN MY OPINION, that this is as good as other
people say it is. Thats my opinion. MY opinion. I am not A DIRECTOR. His opinion is in HIS posting.
burntplains
Featured Actor Joined: 1/24/07
#59patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 6:20pmGuys, lay off bertandrew... if he says it's not him then it's not his account! LET IT GO
bollingerchampagne2
Swing Joined: 3/31/08
#60patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 10:19pmYou know.....Reading all these comments, I don't think anyone has had the pleasure of seeing Ethel Merman in Gypsy. I went to go see Gypsy just this weekend and let me tell you something, me and my husband left! When LuPone did "Everything's Coming Up Roses" I almost cried it was so awfull. Let me say that Broadway has changed so much that I don't hardly go anymore. And I am sure that if Ethel Merman was sitting in the audience (by the way I was good friends with her for almost 10 years) she would've called the curtain on LuPone. I would've rather listened to Tallulah Bankhead caughing a song out then Patti screaming her way thru the performance. I am glad the critics like it and I am glad everyone else likes it. It is just not the show I used to know in 1959!
#61patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 10:22pmNice of you to join to tell us that. Really.
#62patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 10:22pm
Ah shaddup ya ol' fart.
You no more 'n saw Ethel Merman than ya did Our American Cousin the night Lincoln was shot.
Next time ya join just to put down our Patti, come up with a more believable persona.
bollingerchampagne2 = A Director = bertandrew2
#63patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 10:28pmPal Joey, sad sad sad. As though I am the only person who does not like Evita.
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Swing Joined: 1/12/08
#64patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 10:36pm
That is an awfull thing to say PalJoey, wait we've already been down this road haven't we? (Ethel Merman Centennial) Who's the bigger fan
Updated On: 3/31/08 at 10:36 PM
#65patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 10:43pm
So, wait, let me get this straight:
There's this woman, named Patti LuPone, and some people are convinced she's the Messiah and a bunch of other people want to crucify her?
That sounds really familiar.
Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.
#66patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 10:45pmHA!
Theatre is a safe place to do the unsafe things that need to be done.
-John Patrick Shanley
#67patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 10:56pm
I dont think anyone cares enough to crucify her.
WE are being crucified simply because we dont care for her.
bollingerchampagne2
Swing Joined: 3/31/08
#68patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 10:59pm
Call Me Madam? Why is your name appearing on my profile name?
I joined to read things poeple have posted on Miss Merman. You know PalJoey. Your just a son of a bitch and you can go straight to hell, dahling! Give my regards to Ruth Ellis! Ughhh, I hate poeple like you, think you know it all and as far as me being an ol fart, I don't feel like dealing with 2 year olds today! If something is not said your way you have to cry and pout about it. I am sorry Bertandrew2 and everyone else with opinions!
Updated On: 3/31/08 at 10:59 PM
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#69patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 11:25pmEric Grode's review in The Sun was the only one that was honest.
#70patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 11:35pm
Hello, PJ? It's me again. Ethel!
You tell that "A No-Talent Director" and his pal Bert "I Was Disowned by the Andrews Sisters on Account of My Tin Ear" Andrews that Ethel thinks this LuPone kid is not half-bad...if you like talent! She's the last of the big belters!
And as for that fat cow who calls herself CallMeMadam, you tell her I say she's DELOOOOOOOOOOSIONAL! Make sure you hold the OOOO for 3 counts--it's funnier that way: DELOOOOOOOOOOSIONAL!
Boy! I thought I brought out the crazy haters in MY day, but this LuPone kid has crazier haters than I ever had.
Tell her I say her Rose is TERRIFIC! Only one thing: tell her to stick to "muh-muh-muh Mama, muh-muh-muh Mama"--it's better in rhythm.
Bye now, PJ! Love ya!
#71patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 3/31/08 at 11:41pm
I probably shouldn't say anything, but what bothers me is...people who just continue to go on threads for ANYONE and comment on how much they don't like the person. I love Patti, personally. and I even understand why people don't like her. but I don't understand why people feel the need to comment on every Gypsy or Patti thread and talk about how much they don't like her.
honestly, if you devoted half the energy to someone you DID like that you devote to not liking Patti...someone would have wonderfully devoted fans.
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#72patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 4/1/08 at 12:20amPerhaps A Director is Lonny Price who, to quote from the Chicago Tribune review, "was pushed aside for New York." For a while it seemed Price was the only director working with LuPone. From Pal Joey in 1995, to all those Sondheim productions at Ravinia, to those televised versions of Sweeney, Candide and Passion ,it seemed to be Price or no one. Now in order to play the role she was born to play on Broadway, LuPone made a deal with the devil (aka Arthur Laurents to Pal Joey and others) and Lonny was left to merely read the reviews.
A Director
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/07
#73patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 4/1/08 at 3:06am
Mutts2 - I'm not Lonny Price.
paljoey -May a thief steal all your original cast recordings and may you never get them back. May you spend eternity in a room alone with no door, windows or sound.
#74patti is going to kill broadway as we know it
Posted: 4/1/08 at 7:42amA Director is NOT Lonny Price. Lonny Price has talent. A Director has neither talent nor taste.
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